March 2018
Beginner
280 pages
7h 8m
English
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Chapter 20A Lesson from My Father
Washing Feet
PHYLLIS HENNECY HENDRY
I first met Phyllis Hennecy Hendry when she invited me to speak at a December gathering of the Augusta, Georgia, chamber of commerce. She talked me into coming there for no fee by raising the possibility of playing golf at Augusta National, home of the Masters golf tournament. Being a golf nut, of course I agreed. Everyone I talked to in Augusta said that, as a leader, Phyllis was a 12 on a 10-point scale. So Phil Hodges and I lured her away from her job to be president and CEO of our Lead Like Jesus ministry. Read her essay and find out where Phyllis’s servant leadership heart came from. —KB
I OFTEN THINK back to the day my dad told me that God had called him to be a pastor. ...